Footwear.



H. P. OOLB.

FOOTWEAR. v APRLIOATION IVILBD MAY 27,1903.

1,054,278, Patented Feb. 25, 1913.

gel/@Humanes Sylvae/foe UNITED STATES PATENT. .oFEIcEJ HABLAN P. COLE,oF NEW YoRK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR To THE ANATOMIK FOOTWEAR oo.,

or NEW YORK, N; Y., A CORPORATION oF NEW YORK.

FOOTWEAR.

I in Footwear, of which the .following is a clearly dened peripheralspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

Myinvention relates to the construction of anatomical gfootwear.

More particularly it has reference to a .new method whereby footwear may-be provided with a forward lateral extension rearwardly of the center-of the footwear, which extension issubstantially reinforced in thecourse of manufacture. To this end my invention is more particularly'set .forth in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a bottom'view-of the shoe complete showing in dotted outline the position of theinsole. Fig. 2 a plan view of ashoe in the course of manufacturingmounted upon a last showing the insole attached to said last with theinner and outer coverings and other parts assembled including thereinforcing shank, and Fig. 3 represents a plan view of an insole cutaccording to .the

lines of the invention with the reinforcing shank in dotted outline. t

In the construction of footwear heretofore, owing to the inarticulatecontour of the tread or bearing surface of the last theapplication ofthe insole to the same for the construction of" footwear has not beenattended witl suliicient exactness and accuracy. According to myinvention the last employed is preferably designed with a contour on thebearing surface with a forward lateral ex-y tension rearwardly of thecenter toconform with the insole shown yin'Fig. 1. This last isparticularl set forth in my' companion application erial No. 435,345,filed May 2 ,1908.

In the manufacture. of the footwearthe l insole islaid truly upon thelast and fastened thereto, after which the counter 4 1s inserted in theupper inthe -position shown in Fig. 2 and the upper 1s attached 1n theusual manner by stitching the upper, the

. Specification of Letters Patent. Application tiled May 27, 1908.Serial No. 435,346.

Patented Feb.25,1913;

welt and the inner sole together. After this instead of placing thesteel shank or reinforcement in -the longitudinal center of the arch asusual, the steel shank 6 cut as shown in Fig. 2 and as shown in dottedoutline in Fig. 3 is placed upon the insole 7 close up. j

to the inner edge with which it is cut to con-V form, therebyreinforcing and strengthening the forward lateral extension hereinbeforereferred to. After the outer sole'is applied the 'heel is cut about asshown in Fig. 1 in which Vit will be observedV that the cross sectionalarea of the treading surface of the heel is greater than the crosssectional area- 'of the surface of the heel of the insole. The Y rear ofthe upper is so designed and reinforced by the counter 4 that it istapered pro-V ducing a conical effect adapted to fit snuglly to thesides of the heel of the fo'ot there preventing lateral shifting.'

The advantages of my invention result in shaping and reinforcing thetreading sur- 'face of the footwear in a line with the line of gravityof the leg and foot and extending the counter a greater distance alongthe inside ofthe footwear as shown in Fig. 2 so to reduce the liabilityto twist to a minimum.

I claim:

1. Footwear havin a sole extended laterally on the inside w ere theshank portion joins the heel portion to form a sharp angular projectionbeyond the outline of tie ordinary sole, and a heel having a lateralangu-` lar projection corresponding to and located opposite the lateralangular projection of the sole. y

2. Footwear having a sole and an insole, each of which is extendedlaterally on the inside where the shank portion joins the heel portionto forma sharp angular` projection beyond the outline of the ordinarysole, a heel havinga lateral angular projection corresponding to andlocated opposite the lateral angular projection of the sole, and anupper secured between said sole and said insole and forming the internalenlargement above said angular projections.

3. Footwear having a sole and an insole, each of which is extendedlaterally on the inside where the shank portion joins the heel portionto forma sharp angular prog Y i 1,054,378

jection beyond the outline of the ordinary cated at .and conforming t'osaid angular sole, a heel having a lateral angular projecprojections. AI tion corresponding to and. located opposite In testimony whereof aixmy signature the lateral angular projection of the sole, an in presenceof two witnesses.

upper secured between said sole and said. i LAN P. COLE. insole andforming the `internal enlargement Witnesses: above said angularprojections, and a sup- LOUISE ENDEBLE,

' port between said sole and said insole lo-v THOMAS A. HILL.

